Vamping: Castlevania Lords Of Shadow – Mirror Of Fate HD

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If brevity is the soul of wit – and what reason to doubt arras-dwelling Polonius? – then Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow: Mirror Of Fate HD is the most witless game title since Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army. Of course, if brevity truly is the soul of wit then you could also argue that the first paragraph of any article in this esteemed periodical is a hollow parp from the joy buzzer of a dead clown. Let’s move on.

Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow: Mirror Of Fate HD is coming to PC later this month, having made its society debut on the Nintendo Several Screen before porting across to the last-gen MicroSonys. Although it is canonically related to the 3D Lords of Shadow games, Mirror Of Fate is a more traditional side-scrolling Castlevania. And therefore, to my eyes at least, far more interesting.

If you didn’t watch the entire trailer, skip to the last ten seconds. And then wish that you hadn’t.

The console releases received mixed reviews, although the trailer manages to find plenty of cherry-like quotes to decorate itself with.

Oh, it’s just you letting your knee-jerk prejudices against anything that isn’t the One True Format show.

Seriously, though, they’re not getting “dumped” on PC; publishers worked out people want these games on non-portable systems, so they’re getting ported. The article even points out it came to last-gen consoles first. Nothing to do with anyone treating the PC platform with any degree of contempt.

I personally think it is great that more titles are coming to PC. However, I am also seeing the trend of more and more handhled titles appearing on our glorious system. Batman Blackgate and Steamworld Dig are other examples. I want SMT, Mario and Zelda now (non-emulator, native exe). Not gonna happen in a 100 years but I can dream.

I think it’s great that these games are coming to PC. The more options people have, the more exposure great games get. And if PC is one of those options, more people will gravitate towards it as a gaming platform.

MicroSonys made me think of the PSP/PS Vita, because it’s a Sony device in miniature, a microplaystation, but the handheld in question is the 3DS when I checked it afterwards. I think this is great for the people who want more of the story from the Lords of Shadow games.

Would love to have a HD PC version of SOTN. Sadly, that’s not gonna happen soon seeing as this God Of War clone is all we seem to be getting out of Konami with regards to Castlevania. Wish a new production team would take up the reins – or preferably get IGA whipped back into shape and make a proper CV again.